I am the proud father of a gay son. In his honor, I will not be attending the CFP committee meeting in Indy this week. #EmbraceDiversity
— Pat Haden (@ADHadenUSC) March 31, 2015
I am the proud father of a gay son. In his honor, I will not be attending the CFP committee meeting in Indy this week. #EmbraceDiversity
— Pat Haden (@ADHadenUSC) March 31, 2015
Good for Pat Haden…..So Bucket… do you a new found respect for our AD?
YOU’RE GOD DAMN RIGHT I DO!!! (Col. Nathan Jessup voice)
Hopefully, your angry TIMEX character does, too…
the Paralegal is a confused, bitter old fool, don’t believe everything he says.
Thai is tough as nails, but that’s because we NEED him to be!! somewhere down deep, in places you don’t talk about at cocktail parties, you WANT Thai on this blog, you NEED Thai on this blog!!
I think that you…errrrrrrr… Ty derive morbid pleasure from insulting USC fans on this blog and having your… ERRRR… his comments deleted by Scott…. ERRRR the moderator….
You cannot spell SCUM… without usc!
Chuckie: the trolls on this blog, with the exception of you, are clearly homophobic. Perhaps the Cadre needs to revise its charter to prevent discrimination by its members.
casting stones, Helen??
#GlassHouses
Your response is the same as the governor of Indiana, who blamed the media.
BS Dr. Hilary/Helen. Speak for yourself.
this must drive the old white guys from #yesterdayU crazy! Just one more reminder SC ain’t what it used to be!
Are you homophobic, TF?
quite the opposite. Not my business where anyone’s giving it or taking it. I can picture NOBS turning over in his grave about now though.
NOBS is dead?
but the statue of adMITTED RACIST J.P. Widney stands tall as a reminder of so cals FOUNDATION.
NO wonder you guys are all arrogant?
(Is Widney wearing NIKE’s )
CLOWN SCHOOL
FIGHT ON, PAT!!
Come on Scottie, this is “Tweet of the Day” and should be recognized.
Rather than be his usual outspoken self, Scott is curiously tiptoeing around this subject…..at least, he is so far
Well done, Pat.
The country has come a long way on this subject in just the past 5-years or so.
Of course, it never should have been an issue in the first place, and 50-years from now people will look back disgustingly at how barbaric much of the U.S. society was.
Now, if we could only lick racism and ageism and all the other “isms” out there.
Wolfisms?……………….
Not in this life, 8 Krap
Communism and Marxism “lead” the way !
But “when” you think about it, roughly 200,000,000 (Million) murdered or starved to death (Since roughly 1917) in the name of “Socialism” really isn’t that much ?
Unless of course it was You…
MoveOn
Haden didn’t read the law.
Will he be boycotting ESPN? Connecticut has a similar law. Will he boycott Obama who voted for the Illinois version in 1998?
The issue is not the wording of the law, per se. Other states with laws like this also specify sexual orientation as a protected class in their state anti-discrimination statutes. This trumps the new law and means that a business cannot discriminate. Indiana does not. Thus, discrimination by sexual orientation would be possible under this law in Indiana. They need to amend the state equal-rights law.
Only 4 of the 19 do. Nice try though.
Is that pc or what. Read the law, the federal one has been in effect for 20 years.
I’m not 100% sure that this was Pat being PC, but you may be right….it may have been a preventative strike to the media before someone revealed the fact that his son is g ay (I had no idea, not that it matters)… his personal experience and public compassion of g ays may even result in a Trojan player feeling safe enough to come out
Haden not being PC ? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, he’s a liberal, what else would he be ?
So partisanship and being PC cannot mutually exclusive?…okay…
Considering what a “great” job you’ve done at USC, Pat, I don’t think you’ll be missed…
And as for Indiana, and per the “Constitution”, Freedom of Religion is a Right ! And Freedom to exercise it is also a Right !!
The Supreme Court has “already” ruled on this !!!
To each his own…
FightOn
Bravo
The S.Ct. has ruled that “religious practices” (hair length, drug use, land use) are protected from government punishment. It has not ruled that businesses have religious beliefs and can be insulated from discrimination suits based on them.
They didn’t rule on Hobby Lobby?
Yes. But it did not address whether they are protected by the free-exercise of religion clause of the First Amendment, and the decision was limited to limited to closely-held corporations.
You said businesses and Hobby Lobby is a business.
I did. My error for not first qualifying the statement.
Have you ever “noticed” a sign on most businesses in “every” State in the Union that reads: “We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Anyone” ???
Every “State” ?
That’s the “LAW” !
A “Federal” Law, and protected by the Constitution…
LearnOn
Wish Pat would of taken a stand like this against the NCAA when they were giving it to him on the chin.
It was a no win situation, IMO…. and I’m not really sure if we would be in any different a position today, had Pat taken a legal stand…I realize that I am in the minority, but I was okay with USC riding out the storm, instead of spending millions on a defense that would not necessarily have changed anything… and look where the NCAA are now, with almost 200 documents still being kept under wraps…Karma can be a b*tch……..
Regarding Pat not standing up to the NCAALIARS. It’s not over til the fat lady sings.
It’s over. The 3 year probation is done.
Vengeance. NCAA giving us back some scholarships and giving the school money for our troubles. It could happen.
How can they give us more than 85? It’s too late.
I think you are taking every word I say too literally.
His kid likes it on the chin
Just another reason Mike Rae’s caddy should be fired.
I think he must have flunked law school,this would explain his politics on not suing the ncaa …go back to being a second string ND broadcaster…soon.
He didn’t mind working in Indiana and taking their money. What a hypocrite he is!
Surprised Pat won’t be going to Indy as much as he liked being screwed by the ncaa there 🙁 Must not like that feeling anymore. Homophobes need to go over to the ucla board
Everyone run in fear… I have seen people who disagree or think that it is not the preferable social paradigm, or just not personally like homosexual acts, but I have not seen people who have a fear or phobia. Except I would assume in prison. Now can we fire Pat already? The guy is a hypocrite when he talks about diversity anyway, and he has no business pushing his personal bullcrap; he should just do his job for once.
Sorry Haden, but nothing you do now will shame the NCAA. In fact, the NCAA bathes in your tears and laughs while doing it.